I love the UFC. It’s the one sporting event I never miss. I’ve always been a fan of the Martial Arts since I was a little boy and my dad was a bronze medalist in the Chilean National Championship’s. Now that MMA is going more mainstream, more and more people are getting exposure to the Mixed Martial Arts sports.
This weekend was the fight card of they ear for the UFC, with UFC 92, The Ultimate 2008. Frank Mir vs. Noguiera was an instant classic. I wanted to watch the weigh ins on Friday night, but I was pretty busy with Christmas still so I missed it.
I was pleasantly surprised on Saturday when I logged onto the site, and noticed they had launched a new Silverlight version of the weigh ins that had an interactive chat window as well as a live stream and recorded stream that you could watch.
While other videos on the www.ufc.com site are still using the Flash technology, it’s nice to see another big online video site testing the Silverlight capabilities. Now that Silverlight 2.0 is out, I am hoping to see a lot more tracking from this technology in the months and years to come.